JOSIAH WESTBERRY

(MOSES1) was born Bet. 1798 - 1803 in South Carolina - Liberty
Co, Georgia, and died Bet. 1845 - 1850 in Appling Co, Georgia.
He married RACHEL WEST. She was born Abt. 1805 in Barnwell District,
South Carolina, and died June 1881 in Wayne Co, Georgia.

Notes for JOSIAH WESTBERRY:
Some say Josiah was born on a specific date in 1802. I based his
estimated years of birth on church records.
His death year is common knowledge as 1845. The person who started
that found him in the 1840 census and saw he was gone by the 1850
census, looked at the latest listed birth of a child and concluded
that he died in 1845. He could have died in 1850.

Josiah Westberry and wife Rachel united with Jones Creek Baptist
Church and were members there until after they removed to Appling
County. Due to the poorly-kept early records of the church it
cannot be determined just when or how he joined, but he was a
member in 1820 before he married.
They moved to Appling County about 1830 and settled in the 4th
land district in the portion later detached and added to Wayne
county. He died there in 1845. His widow died in June, 1881. They
were buried at Bethel Baptist Church in Wayne county, where their
graves are marked.

Notes for RACHEL WEST:
In the 1850 census, Rachael is head of household.
In 1880 she is living alone and is listed as 75 YO, being born
in Georgia.
Her father and mother are also listed as being born in Georgia.

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